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Solid evidence of the Dream. The last and longest chapter of the book
provides solid evidence of the immigrant struggle toward the American Dream.
It is interesting how Yunior’s father originally sets out to make

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Gillian Brailsford
Dakan
HON 190
The Scientific Balance of Love
In the novel, The Symposium of Plato as translated by Percey Bysse Shelley, there are
multiple speeches which are used to characterize love. Five men, including Socrates, have
gathered to s

Emotional Intelligence Daniel Goleman
In his novel, Goleman explains research which supports that success in life is not based upon our
intellectual IQ as much as it is our emotional IQ. Based upon both behavioral and neuroscience
research, he argues that

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Gillian Brailsford
HON 190
10/19/2015
Blissfully Hopeful
In the novel, Cannery Row, a community is developed where people can find their place
despite how unique they are. The community of cannery row experiences many hardships, but is
able t

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Gillian Brailsford
Dakan
HON 190
10/05/2015
Logical Reasoning in Anthem
Ayn Rand portrays her Objectivist principles in the novella Anthem. In her objectivist
philosophy, she argues that man must use knowledge as a main source of reason, and rejects
bel

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I was checking my email yesterday, and I have this subscription to a t-shirt site that sends me emails with specials and whatnot. There's a t-shirt that says "Advertising Helps Me Decide," and unfort

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I remember briefly learning about the white man trying to assimilate Native Americans into his culture during the early 20 th century. Reading about the experiences of a Hopi woman has really added so

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Finally some action! The last third of this novel actually had some stimulating events. In all seriousness, though, I do have one complaint. I don't quite understand the purpose of creating an elabora

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Where is Naylor taking this story? It seems more and more like she's just opening up new storylines too many to seem possible to figure out. It feels like she's almost mocking the blacks in Linden Hi

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"Selling the mirror in your soul." This phrase is in many ways representative of what the American Dream has become. Lester's grandmother seems to be a very wise lady, as reflected in her determinatio

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Boy does Walter take one heck of a gamble! Despite plausible reasoning for his actions, he still managed to rip from beneath his family nearly all hope of coming face-toface with their dreams. The fac

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I agree very much with the first article. The United States is a nation of false needs. Furthermore, as a people, we have allowed ourselves to be defined by our possessions. Anymore, we tend to choos

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A new perspective on the “American Dream” – sex and narcotics. It seems
like Díaz is trying too hard in all of the wrong ways. I cannot help but criticize
his lifestyle, yet it is obviously reminiscent of “back hom

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I find it very interesting how despite only Walter's obsession with it, money is the focal point for much of the conversation in the first portion of the play. The great divergence in the individual d

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Dalton's criticism of Alger's text seemed to be a biased approach to the class issues in America, and part of me would like to respond solely to that aspect of the reading, yet there was a more predom

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A close friend told me that Fear and Loathing would be an interesting book for me to read. He said that the meaning really changes for an individual who has actually experienced drug culture first-ha

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"She felt a constant pull, an attraction that held her like a magnet here on the mesas." Polingaysi continues to have an internal struggle a self-identity crisis, really. She is odd among the Hopis a

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Gillian Brailsford
HON 190
Cassandra Dakan
20 November 2015
Research Paper Outline: Emotional Intelligence for Coping with all Aspects of Life
Introduction:
Intelligence is a multi faceted concept, and is often thought to be a main factoring